Mother Charged With Killing Her 9-Month-Old Baby

Police charged 19-year-old Qucelia Yvette Baldero, Joppa, with first and second degree murder Tuesday after her daughter, 9-month-old Salena Olivia Baldero, was found in cardiac arrest by paramedics and later died at the hospital.

Detectives in Harford County have charged a mother with murdering her 9-month-old baby. They also said the woman was found with her wrists slashed and it appears that she tried to take her own life.

Police charged 19-year-old Qucelia Yvette Baldero, Joppa, with first and second degree murder Tuesday after her daughter, 9-month-old Salena Olivia Baldero, was found in cardiac arrest by paramedics and later died at the hospital.

Baldero was also charged with assault and child abuse.

Investigators said just after 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, police went to Baldero's home along with paramedics from the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company.